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FlightSafety's Barbara Telek Steps in as President
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: Telek succeeds Brad Thress, who retired from aviation training firm
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FlightSafety International has promoted Barbara Telek to president, succeeding Brad Thress. In that role, she is responsible for steering FlightSafety’s financial and business direction globally. Thress, a former Textron Aviation executive, retired after serving at the helm of the aviation training and simulation giant since February 2020.
Telek had served with FlightSafety as CFO since 2023. Before that, she held roles as executive vice president of strategic initiatives for FlightSafety’s sibling NetJets and as CFO for NetJets' Executive Jet Management unit. Both NetJets and FlightSafety are part of Berkshire Hathaway’s retail services business.
In addition, Telek has held numerous other senior leadership positions within finance, procurement, information, and human resources for Fortune 500 manufacturing and service industries, FlightSafety said. She has a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s in business administration from the University of Dayton.